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A bidet. We got one with heated water and seats and going to the bathroom feels super luxurious now. Not to mention all the toilet paper we save and increased hygiene.
I've always wondered what people do with their wet butt after using the bidet... dry with a towel, smaller amount of toilet paper... what's the norm?
A few pairs of DarnTough socks. Amazing value. Got them for $17 a pair here: https://www.mastgeneralstore.com/brand/darn-tough-socks
A keypad door lock. Knowing the door is always (automatically) locked, being able to leave the house without a key, and being able to let someone else when I'm not there either with my phone, or by giving them a code.. I'm living in the future.
Loop Quiet earplugs for sleeping.
Two things: Shaving soap and a Ninja Creami. So after an abrupt breakup of a long term relationship, I decided to evaluate a lot of my habits and methodology for doing things and decided I wanted a new routine. I've put on a bit of weight over the years, and as most adult males on the wrong side of 30, I'd grown facial hair as a way to hide the features of my face that I was uncomfortable with. But I want to look in…
The Carpio 2.0 by DeltaHub ( https://us.deltahub.io/products/carpio-2 ). It's a wrist rest, but not like you probably think. I would get severe hand pain being at the PC all day, but this little contraption completely relieved that pain. It took a couple weeks to get used to, and now I use it while working and gaming. One of the best purchases I've made in a long time.
These guys have an option to add a tip in their checkout flow. Has this sort of nonsense become the new norm?
It was given to us as a gift, but I would say our Breville Bambino espresso machine. We were already making morning cappuccinos or lattes ourselves with an Italian "moka" stovetop, but this is considerably better, especially when coupled with a decision to buy better quality beans from local roasters (we're lucky to be in a city with good quality roasters and coffee shops). We're getting as good or better as we could…
A rice cooker. I was sceptical for a long time, because we can just cook rice in a normal pot? But the result tastes a lot nicer and feels surprisingly more convenient, and keeping rice warm for longer periods is also handy. As a result we eat a lot more rice (and are less tempted to just order in when we're feeling lazy). Also, a Hario V60 + Fellow Stagg EKG Kettle, really upped my coffee game. Though if you include…
I paid a guy a bit under $200 to pull Ethernet cables from my basement up to the attic of my house. Now I can keep heat-generating stuff like my storage server and the cable modem (surprisingly heat-intensive) in the basement, have a WiFi AP in the attic for great coverage in the yard, and I can easily drop lines down into rooms on the 2nd floor from above by just drilling a small hole in the top of a wall and feedin…
Another clean option is MOCA, if your house has existing coax runs. It has the nice benefit of not needing to be 1:1. You can have 3 MOCA devices on three floors that all communicate directly with each other, instead of needing a core switch. $100 to connect 2 drops. Plug it in and it works. (change the admin password tho!) https://www.amazon.com/Hitron-Ethernet-existing-Backbone-Str...